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Subject:Re: K&N Air Filters
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:11:34 -0800

Bill,

I have a K&N filter in my I4 conversion, for the last 6 years and approx
100k miles. Not any trouble at all to clean and re-oil. It's worked for me.

Alistair

on 5/1/2001 9:01 AM, Bill Davidson at wdavidson@THEGRID.NET wrote:

>> I suppose the guys that compete in the Barsow to Vegas, competion,or the
>> Paris to Dakar,or any other sandy, fitlhy, abrasive to your engine,
>> long, and hard competiion type race, just don't know much.
>
> I wouldn't say they don't know much.
> I would say they probably know more about racing competition than longevity
> of the engine... or at least focus more of there attention on that aspect.
> The operative word for them is performance, not longevity. Knowing racers
> I'd say they would be willing to sacrifice longevity in favor of winning.
> Winning is the name of their game. And it is with that perspective that K&N
> filter was developed.
>
> Bill
>